John Calvin Commentary Lamentations 3:59

"O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause." — Lamentations 3:59 (ASV)

The word עותתי, outti, is rendered by some “iniquity,” but in an ironical sense, as if the Prophet had said, “You, God, know whether I have offended.” But the word is to be taken passively; the verb עות, out, means “to subvert,” as we have seen elsewhere, even in this chapter. Then, by his subversion, he means oppression, even when his adversaries unworthily trod him under their feet. Therefore, he asks God at the same time to judge his judgment (that is, to undertake his cause and appear as his defender, as God had done before), because he saw his subversion (that is, he saw that he was unjustly cast down and laid prostrate by the wicked).